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Michael DeLorenzo
Michael DeLorenzo (born 1959, Bronx) is an American actor, director, and musician known as Detective Eddie Torres on New York Undercover and Carlos Santiago on Resurrection Blvd., formerly a professional ballet dancer and Fame film principal dancer.
Michael Douglas
Michael Kirk Douglas (born 1944), American actor and producer, son of Kirk Douglas; Oscar-winning producer of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Best Actor winner as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street.
Michael Dudikoff
Michael Dudikoff, American actor born 1954 in Redondo Beach, California, star of Cannon Films' American Ninja (1985) as Joe Armstrong, also Bachelor Party, Platoon Leader, Cobra; no martial arts training before casting; now restores old homes.
Michael Easton
Michael Easton (born 1967) is an Irish-American actor, writer, and filmmaker. Not the composer or other namesakes: played Tanner Scofield, Caleb Morley, John McBain, Silas Clay, and Hamilton Finn across Days of Our Lives, Port Charles, One Life to Live, and General Hospital.
Michael Gladis
Michael Gladis (Michael James Gladis), American actor born 1977 in Houston, Texas; best known as Paul Kinsey on Mad Men, with recurring roles in Eagleheart, Reckless, Feed the Beast, and Penny Dreadful: City of Angels; married to Beth Behrs.
Michael Gross (actor)
Michael Edward Gross (born 1947, Chicago) is an American actor known as Steven Keaton on Family Ties (1982-89) and Burt Gummer in the Tremors films; Yale School of Drama MFA, UIC alumnus, distinct from the writer Michael Gross.
Michael Hitchcock
Michael Hitchcock (born 1958, Defiance, Ohio) is an American comedic actor, writer, and producer: Groundlings alumnus, Hamilton Swan in Best in Show, MADtv and Glee writer-producer, now in The Lowdown and Nobody Wants This. Not the film director Alfred Hitchcock.
Michael Horse
Michael Horse, American actor born 1949 or 1951, played Deputy Hawk in Twin Peaks (1990-91, 2017), Tonto in The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981), and is an award-winning Yaqui jeweler and ledger artist.
Michael Imperioli
Michael Imperioli (James Michael Imperioli), American actor born 1966 in Mount Vernon, New York; Emmy-winning Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos, Spider in Goodfellas, Dominic in The White Lotus, also writer, director, and Zopa frontman.
Michael J. Anderson
Michael J. Anderson (Michael John Anderson), born 1953, American actor with osteogenesis imperfecta, 3'7" tall; played the backwards-talking Man from Another Place in Twin Peaks, Mr. Roque in Mulholland Drive, and Samson in HBO's Carnivàle; retired from acting in 2014.
Michael Jai White
Michael Jai White, American actor, director, and martial artist; star of Spawn (1997) and Black Dynamite (2009); first African American to play a major comic book superhero on film; black belts in seven karate styles.
Michael Jeter
Michael Jeter (1952–2003) was an American character actor from Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, who won a 1990 Tony for Grand Hotel and a 1992 Emmy for Evening Shade, and played Mr. Noodle's brother on Sesame Street.
Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton, born Michael John Douglas in 1951, is an American actor of Mr. Mom, Beetlejuice, and Batman fame who won a Golden Globe and Oscar nomination for Birdman and later acclaim for Dopesick.
Michael Landon
Michael Landon (Eugene Maurice Orowitz, 1936–1991), American actor, writer, director, producer; Little Joe on Bonanza (1959–1973), Charles Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie, Jonathan Smith on Highway to Heaven; died of pancreatic cancer at 54.
Michael Learned
Michael Learned (born 1939) is an American actress, Olivia Walton on CBS's The Waltons (1972–81), winner of four Primetime Emmys for lead actress in a drama, three for The Waltons and one for Nurse (1982).
Michael Lerner (actor)
Michael Lerner (1941-2023), American character actor from Brooklyn, Oscar-nominated as Jack Lipnick in Barton Fink (1991); also Eight Men Out, Godzilla, Elf, X-Men: Days of Future Past; distinct from rabbi Michael Lerner.
Michael Madsen
Michael Madsen (1957-2025) was an American actor with 300+ credits, famous as Mr Blonde in Reservoir Dogs and Budd in Kill Bill, a Tarantino regular also known for Free Willy and Donnie Brasco.
Michael Massee
Michael Massee (1952–2016) was an American character actor who accidentally shot Brandon Lee on The Crow set in 1993, then played villains in Se7en, Lost Highway, 24, and The Amazing Spider-Man.
Michael McKean
Michael McKean (born 1947, New York) is an American actor, writer, and musician: Lenny on Laverne & Shirley, David St. Hubbins in This Is Spinal Tap, Chuck McGill in Better Call Saul, and a Tony-era Broadway character actor.
Michael Michele
Michael Michele (Michael Michele Williams), American actress born 1966 in Evansville, Indiana; known for Det. Rene Sheppard on Homicide: Life on the Street, Dr. Cleo Finch on ER, and films New Jack City, Ali, Dark Blue, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.
Michael Moriarty
Michael Moriarty, American-Canadian actor and jazz pianist born 1941 in Detroit, won a 1974 Tony for Find Your Way Home, Emmys for The Glass Menagerie, Holocaust, and James Dean, and played ADA Ben Stone on Law & Order 1990-1994.
Michael Murphy (actor)
Michael George Murphy (born May 5, 1938, Los Angeles) is an American character actor, a Robert Altman regular (M*A*S*H, Nashville), Yale in Manhattan, and ex-husband of Wendy Crewson; distinct from Navy SEAL Michael P. Murphy.
Michael Nader
Michael Nader (1945–2021), American actor, played Dex Dexter on Dynasty (1983–89) and Count Dimitri Marick on All My Children (1991–2001, 2013 return); also beach-party films, 2001 drug arrest, $32 million ABC lawsuit.
Michael Newman (actor)
Michael Newman (April 26, 1957 – October 20, 2024), also Mike "Newmie" Newman, American actor, real LA County lifeguard and firefighter; played a fictionalized self in 150 Baywatch episodes (1989–2000), the only cast member with real lifeguarding experience.
Michael Nouri
Michael Nouri (born 1945, Washington, D.C.) is an American actor of Irish-Iraqi descent, known as Nick Hurley in Flashdance (1983), Tom Beck in The Hidden, Eli David on NCIS, and Broadway roles in Victor/Victoria and South Pacific.
Michael O'Hare
Michael O'Hare (Robert Michael O'Hare, Jr., 1952-2012), American actor; originated Commander Jeffrey Sinclair on Babylon 5 and played Colonel Jessep on Broadway in A Few Good Men; left the series after season one due to schizophrenia, revealed posthumously.
Michael O'Keefe
Michael O'Keefe (born 1955), American actor known as Danny Noonan in Caddyshack and Oscar-nominated for The Great Santini; also Fred on Roseanne, Zen priest, and lyricist for Bonnie Raitt.
Michael O'Neill (actor)
Michael O'Neill (born 1951, Montgomery, Alabama) is an American character actor of film and television, distinct from the Irish football manager of the same name. Known for Ron Butterfield on The West Wing, Gary Clark on Grey's Anatomy, and films Traffic, Seabiscuit, Transformers, and Dallas Buyers Club.
Michael Paré
Michael Paré, fully Michael Kevin Paré, is an American actor best known for playing rock star Eddie Wilson in Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) and its 1989 sequel.
Michael Park (actor)
Michael Park (Michael Frank Park, born 1968) is an American actor known as Jack Snyder on As the World Turns (two Daytime Emmys) and for originating Larry Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen (2018 Grammy), with Broadway roles in Smokey Joe's Cafe, Tuck Everlasting, Redwood, and Galileo.